BRENTWOOD
By Grace Livingston Hill
NINTH INSTALLMENT
Synopsis
When the wealthy foster par
ents of Marjorie Wethertll both
die she finds a letter tdHw
that she has a twin sister, that
she was adopted when her own
parents couldn't afford to sap
port both of them and that her
real name is Dorothy Gay.
Alone in the world, but with a
fortune of her own, she con
siders looking up her own fam
ily whom she has never seen.
A neighbor, Evan Bower, tries
to argue her oat of it and tells
her he lores her and aSks her
to many him. She promises to
think it over but decides first
to see her family. She goes to
their address, finds that they
are destitute and gradually per
suades them to' accept things
they need. When the doctor
calls to see her mother she no
tices that he seems particular
ly interested in her sister.
Marjorie goes to church in
Brentwood, where her family
used to live, and becomes very
much interested in the young
minister there. She then sees
the nice home there that her
family had owned and de
termines to buy it back for
them. She confides her plan in
her brother and goes to see a
real estate man about making
the deaL
So she was soon in his car
speeding toward Brentwood rap
idly.
After she had gone over the
house without comment, allowing
the man to continue his sales
parley without interruption, she
said as they were about to leave:
"Well, now I may as well tell
you, I am Mr. Gay's daughter, I
was away for several years dur
ing the time my father lived here
and I had never seen the house.
I know all the circumstances of
my father's having to give up the
house of course, and I know how
they hated to lose it. I have been
wondering if there is any way in
which my father can recover the
house. Can you tell me the low
est terms on which he could re
cover It?"
The man's face fell.
"Oh, in that case you had bet
ter see Mr. H org an. He has
charge of all those cases. But I
am quite sure that mortgage was
foreclosed."
"I was not speaking of putting
a mortgage on the place. I was
speaking of paying cash. As I
understand it my father had only
lapsed in his payments a short
time. If he were ready now to
pay up all obligations, and what
ever other pxpcnsfs vou had been
obliged to meet, isn't there some
way that the matter could be
settled and the property be taken
off your hands?"
"Why, my dear young lady,"
said the man patronizing, "what
reason do you have to suppose
that your father could pay his
obligations now any better than
six months ago when he finally
surrendered the property?"
"When you finally took the
property from him, you mean,"
said Marjorie coolly. "I under
stand you gave him no chance to
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refinance the mortgage and that
you were very hard on him in
deed. However, that has nothing
to do with my question. I have
some money myself and I would
like to clear iny father's home
and put the deed in his hands for
a Christmas gift if I find that
your demands are within reason.
I shall call up my Chicago law
yer, of course, and have the
whole affair looked into before I
pay the cash, but if I do this I
shall want to do whatever I do
quickly."
There was something about
Marjorie's air of assurance, that
impressed the real estate man,
who had been having a hard
time himself just now. He look
ed at her a minute questioningly
and then he said: "Well, we'll go
and see Mr. Horgan."
Mr. Horgan was an elderly
man with gray hair parted me
ticulously in the exact middle
and thin lips that seemed never
to give an advantage to anyone.
He had small steel-colored eyes
that looked coldly through her,
and tried to put her through a
questionnaire about her family.
"Excuse me, Mr. Horgan," she
said. "I have no time to answer
questions. I want to know if there
is any way in which my father
can now meet the obligations.
Perhaps I had better get my Chi
cago lawyer to attend to the mat
ter, since you do not seem to be
willing to name any sum that
would satisfy the demands."
"Oh, not at all," said Mr. Hor
gan rising in protest, "I was
merely interested to know just
how sure a thing this would be."
"If I decide to do this thing,"
said Marjorie, drawing herself to
her full height and trying to act
as grown up as possible—though
in reality she was very much
scared—"l will see that you have
a certified check for the full
amount within the week."
Marjorie knew about certified
checks. She knew their power.
Mr. Horgan became suave at
once.
"I would have to talk this mat
ter over with my partner, of
course, for usually you know we
do not do things in just this
way," went on Mr. Horgan. "It
would be, however, you under
stand, at least—" and he named
a sum so much smaller than
Marjorie had dreamed that she
was almost afraid she showed
how surprised she was.
"Very well." said Marjorie tak
ing a deep breath and hoping the
man couldn't see how excited she
was, "I will get my lawyer on the
telephone and consult with him
about this. He will know what I
should do about it. and I shall
either return sometime this af
ternoon for your answer, or send
a representative of my Chicago
lawyer to talk with you."
Marjorie, still holding her head
high, sailed out of the office
coolly, with only an icy little
smile for the impressed agent.
He bowed her out ostentatiously,
almost afraid to have her go lest
he was losing a prospect that
perhaps never would return.
Marjorie, out on the pavement,
summoning a taxi, found herself
so excited that she could scarce
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She had gotten from Betty a
list of some of the best depart
ment stores, and she went
straight to one and hunted up a
telephone booth, calling the
Wetherill lawyer on long dis
tance.
"Well, I certainly am glad to
hear your voice, young lady,"
said Mr. Melbourne, "I was be
ginning to think you had eloped
or been kidnaped or something.
A certain gentleman in Chicago
has besieged me night and day to
discover your address. Nothing
the matter, is there, that you
take such an expensive way of
communication?"
"No, nothing the matter," said
Marjorie. "I'm quite all right,
thank you. But I telephoned this
morning instead of waiting to
write because I want your help.
I've found the house that used to
belong to my own parents and I
want to buy it. I want very
much to get possession of it be
fore Christmas if I can. I shall
need several thousand dollars at
once and I would like to have you
put it into some bank in this city
where I could draw on it within
a couple of days. Would that be
possible?"
"I suppose it would," said the
lawyer. "I could wire it to them
today. But are you quite sure
this house is a wise buy? It's my
business, you know, to advise you
in such matters."
"I know," sne said, "but I'm
ouite sure about this. And even
if it were not a wise buy I should
want it. But, Mr. Melbourne, of
course I know I'm not very ex
perienced in buying real estate,
and I was wondering if there
isn't some lawyer in this city to
whom you could recommend me,
who would take charge of this
transaction for me? I think per
haps these people who have the
house are a little tricky."
"Yes?" said Mr. Melbourne.
"Well, you certainly should have
someone whom you can trust to
look after the affair. Let me
think. Yes, there's William Bry
ant. He's in the Federal Trust
Company Building. I'll call him
up right away and ask him to
look after you. Could you go to
his office at once? All right, I'll
phone him about you."
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Mel
bourne!" said Marjorie in a re
lieved voice.
"And by the way, Marjorie,"
said Mr. Melbourne, "I don't sup
pose you have any idea of selling
your Chicago property, have you?
Because I had a very good offer
for it last week."
"Oh!" said Marjorie a little
breathless. "I hadn't got that
far yet. I—don't—quite know
what I am going to do."
"Of course," said the lawyer,
thinking he knew pretty well that
she would like to be married be
fore long, and would have to con
sult a certain young man before
she made any decisions, but he
did not voice any such idea. "I
" iiiuuk you, Mr. Melbourne.
And—please, Mr. Melbourne, you
won't let anybody, nqt anybody.
I mean, know about this matter
of my buying this house. I don't
see that it's anyone's affair but
my own."
"Certainly not, my child. You
can trust me for that."
"And, Mr. Melbourne, there's
just one more thing. Would you
have any connection in this city
that would give you influence to
get an opening for my father
somewhere here? He's very much
discouraged. He had a very fine
position and lost it. He is an ex
pert accountant!"
"Indeed? What was the name
of the firm, do you know?"
"Hamilton, Mclvor and Com
pany." said Marjorie, glad that
she had remembered to ask Ted
that yesterday.
"You don't say!" said Mr. Mel
bourne. "They had a fine stand
ing. I should say there ought to
be something pretty good some
where for a man whom they em
ployed. I'll see what wires I can
pull."
Five minutes later Marjorie
turned from her expensive tele
phone call well satisfied. Mr.
Melbourne had been just as kind
and helpful as she had known he
would be.
She took another taxi to the
Federal Trust Company Building
and found to her Joy that Mr.
Bryant was in and had just been
talking with the Chicago lawyer,
so her way was smoothed for her
at once.
Marjorie was delighted with
the kind interest he took in the
matter and promised to return to
his office at three o'clock to
learn the result of his interview
with the real estate company.
She went on her way with a
lighter heart now, summoning
her wits to remember all the
things she wanted to buy.
First of all she had it in mind
to get a warm lovely negligee for
her mother, and comfortable
pretty slippers to go with it. Then
| she hurried up to the credit de
partment, opened a charge ac
count, giving her Chicago refer
ences. and also Mr. Bryant, then
went and found a squirrel coat
for Betty that was almost an ex
act duplicate of her own.
Passing the millinery depart
ment she found a little soft gray
felt hat with a bright dash of
pheasant's feather cocked aslant
in the crown. She was sure it
would be becoming to Betty.
After that it didn't take much
time to select warm house coat of
brown for her father, a nice
leather coat for Ted, and a thick,
warm sweater for Budd with a
bright Roman band of colors in
the roll of the turtle collar. Then
she was off breathless with anx
iety to meet the lawyer.
She found a better report than
she had hoped for. Mr. Bryant
had looked up the records of the
transactions at the time Mr. Gay
had surrendered his property,
and found more than one ques
tionable trick that the perpetra
tors would not care to have
T
brought to light by such a law
yer as William Bryant, so he had
succeeded in bringing them to
accept a reasonable sum for bank
payment with interest, and the
transfer of the property was not
going to cost quite as much as
Marjorie had been told at first.
She could hardly wait for her
purchases to come home. They
would probably wait for two or
three days before sending them
until they had looked up her ref
erences, but they had promised
positively that the things would
all be there before Christmas.
She stopped on the way out of
the store to get a five pound box
of candy and another of sailed
nuts. Those would be things she
couldn't well purchase at the lit
-11 e grocery store near Aster
street.
She realized as the taxi drove
up to the door that the house had
become home to her, so different
from what it had seemed the day
she arrived, only a few brief days
before! Home because there were
dear ones there, and already her
interests were tied up with theirs.
Betty came wearily from the
kitchen peering out into the hall
at her with a relieved look:
"Oh, I'm glad you've come! I
thought something dreadful had
happened to you in the strange
city—or else—!" She stopped
abruptly.
"Oh else what?" Marjorie look
ed at her with a sharp note in
her voice as if her answer meant
a great deal.
"Or else, maybe you had got
tired of us and gone back to
Chicago," she said with her eyes
half averted.
"Oh, and would you have
cared?" asked Marjorie breath
lessly. "Wouldn't you have been
rather glad to get rid of me?"
(Continued Next Week)
BOONVILLE
Miss Frances Thomas, a teach
er in the local school, visited her
parents at Summerfield. Her
father has been very ill for sev
eral weeks, but is much improved
at the present time.
Miss Mary Speer made a busi
ness trip to Sparta recently.
Miss Ruth Honeycutt, a teach
er at Mills Home Orphanage, vis
ted here the past week-end with
friends. She was a former teach
er in the local school.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Speer visit
ed in Yndkinville recently.
Mrs. John Hobson, who has
been in Baptist hospital in Win
ston-Salem where she had an ap
pendicitis operation has returned
home.
Miss Reba Kate Hobson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Hobson, is an appendicitis pa
tient at Baptist hospital.
A large number of school folks
attended the county-wide teach
ers' meeting held at West Yadkin
school last Thursday night.
Among those attending from
Boonville were Mr. and Mrs.
Watt Deal, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Martin, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wal
ker, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hobson,
Prank Woodhouse, Mr. and Mrs.
Thad Reece, Misses Sadie Flem
ing, Frances Thomas, Amanda
Hallman, Ruby Winkler, Ruby
Hinshaw, Mrs. Nova Reece, Gene
and Clifford Shore, and Jones
Todd. While there they heard
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Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jessup and
Dorothy Coram made a business
trip to Mt. Airy Saturday.
Francis Woodhouse, Joe Hob
son, and Howard Reece went to
Norfolk, Va., to view the United
States fleet the past week-end.
They have returned home . They
were greatly impressed with the
display of warships and airplane
carriers.
E. M. Gough, of Pinnacle, vis
ited his mother, Mrs. M. F.
Gough, and brother, Everett
Gough, recently.
L. F. Amburn, Mrs. Am burn,
and Mrs. Nathan C. Dobbins at
tended the Winston-Salem Meth
odist District Conference which
was held at Mt. Airy last Friday.
It was reported at the conference
that the Yadkin Methodist cir
cuit rated well in money paid
into the conference. The churches
were far ahead of their obliga
tions for the first half of the
conference year. There were only
8 churches in the district that
paid more than Boonville. The
local church stood ninth.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poindex
ter, of Winston-Salem, visited
relatives here recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Sparger, of Mt.
Airy, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Oakley.
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The Boonville Y. W. A. met at
the home of the counciler, Mrs
Arlie Steelman, Tuesday night,
with twelve members and three
visitors present.
Mrs. Arlie Sfceelman conducted
the devotionals. The program
was in charge of Miss Dorothy
Coram, assisted by Lucy Brendle,
Catherine Jones, Rtiby Winkler
and Lillian Church. After the
business session, Mrs. Jane Crav
er Hemric, a bride of the early
spring, was presented a shower of
gifts from the members. Mrs.
Allen Jessup closed the meeting
with prayer.
The hostess served fruit salad,
cake, and Russian tea.
EAST ELKIN
A large number were present at
Sunday school at 9:45 ajn. at
Blast El kin Baptist church.
Rev. J. L. Powers, our pastor,
has returned from West Hlllsboro
where he has been assisting in a
meeting. He reports a successful
revival. ,
We are sorry to note that Mr.
Lon Baker and Mr. Reece Mas
tin are ill at this writing. We
wish for them a speedy recovery.
Rev. Claude E. Flincham, Miss
Helen Bostic. Mason, Herman,
Swanie and Dilver Burcham vis
ited friends in Mt. Airy Saturday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Thomas, of
Winston-Salem, were the guests
of Mrs. Jack Day Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wood
ruff were guests of relatives at
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Mr. and Mrs. Ather Newman
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day evening Rev. Claude E.
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Miss Emma Burcham spent the
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